Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Dec. 9. All hope of immediate reduction of the war taxes has vanished in the face of a three billion dollar deficit in government revenue in the next year and a half. Representative Good,- of lowa, chairman of the appropriations committee, appealed to the house today to limit appropriations for the fiscal year 1920-*2l to $4,000,000,000 in addition to the railroad deficit Government officials agree that if the miners at Indianapolis refuse President Wilson’s proposal to end the strike there is no hope for anything but a fight to a finish between the government and organized labor. . —o — Fall, of New Mexico, in a telegram to a friend, said that he is not seeking to bring armed intervention in Mexico, but a condition which will make war between the two countriees impossible. —o— the republican national convention practically assured for Chicago, St. Louis contenders are angry. They are threatening to make a fight in the committee 1 meeting, but Fred W. Upham, chairman of the Chicago convention committee, says that Chicago need not worry. —o— Secretary of the Navy Daniels listened with “sympathetic interest” to a proposal by the Mississippi Vailey association for the establishment of a summer training camp for high school students next year at the Great Lakes Naval Training station. —o►— Continuation of the shipping board for a period not to exceed ten years was recommended in resolutions adopted by the Mississippi Valley association. —o — Retention of government operation of the railroads beyond the end of the calendar year is expected in the event of failure of congress to enact legislation before that time. Notwithstanding the repeated declarations of the intention to turn the roads back it is believed a delay is in prospect if a bill is not passed.